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The Pac-12, formed in 1915 and spending subsequent years as one of the top athletic conferences in the U.S., is down to two teams, and likely finished.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 2023 NFL season is (almost) here. The 17-game schedule will return this year after making its debut in 2021, with 18 weeks and 272 total games scheduled through Jan.

A controversial US preacher who said gay marriage was "a sin" will appear at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow next year after suing the owners for cancelling a previous event.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Dust off your jerseys and roll out that Traeger grill because college football is back, baby. The 2023 college football season kicks off this Saturday, Aug.

Viet Dinh, a key strategic and business leader at Fox Corp. and a longtime consiglieri in the Murdoch empire, is leaving his executive post in the wake of the Fox News settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.

Ne-Yo is apologizing in the wake of backlash to recent comments he made regarding transgender children and criticizing parents who support their kids identifying as a different gender than that which was assigned at birth.«After much reflection, I'd like to express my deepest apologies to anyone that I may have hurt with my comments on parenting and gender identity,» Ne-Yo, 43, shared in a statement posted to Twitter on Sunday.«I've always been an advocate for love and inclusivity in the LGBTQI+ community, so I understand how my comments could've been interpreted as insensitive and offensive,» he continued. «Gender identity is nuanced and I can honestly admit that I plan to better educate myself on the topic, so I can approach future conversations with more empathy.»He concluded, «At the end of the day, I lead with love and support everyone’s freedom of expression and pursuit of happiness.»I’d like to express my deepest apologies… pic.twitter.com/M5aTFN40tnThe comments in question came during an interview with Gloria Velez for VladTV, when he got onto the subject of gender identity.«I just personally come from an era where a man was a man and a woman was a woman,» Ne-Yo shared in the interview.

Vince McMahon was the CEO and Chairman of the Board at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for decades before “voluntarily” stepping down.

Oregon and Washington have finalized a deal to join the Big Ten beginning in the 2024-25 season, moves that likely are the death blow to the century-old Pac-12.

Last year it was Alejandro Garnacho, this year is looking like Kobbie Mainoo’s turn.

Altice USA and co-CEO of Altice Group, suspended himself from all executive and non-executive duties at the company after a corruption probe launched by authorities in Portugal. Fonseca’s stepping back from his duties comes after Armando Pereira — co-founder of Altice Group, Patrick Drahi’s leading cable and telecom company — spent the weekend in custody as part of an investigation into suspected corruption, fiscal fraud and money laundering, according to French reports. Fonseca is also targeted in the investigation, per Le Figaro newspaper. Altice Portugal confirmed on July 13 it was one of the companies searched by the Portuguese authorities in compliance with a warrant issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office as part of an ongoing investigation directed against individuals as well as entities outside Altice Group. “Altice Portugal is providing all the cooperation requested and will always be available for any clarification,” the company said.

Lionsgate has furnished more details to investors ahead of its planned split into two publicly traded entities — one centered on film and TV production and the other on media networks, principally Starz.

for years, following Oklahoma and Texas’ decision to eventually leave the Big 12 in favor of the Southeastern Conference. The Big 12 will operate with 14 teams for the 2023-24 season, with Oklahoma and Texas set to exit at its conclusion — a year earlier than the teams originally intended. Officially official.

The Big 12 Conference officially added four teams Saturday.

Paramount Global has re-upped CFO Naveen Chopra through 2026.

Now is the time to binge-watch Alaska Daily and The Company You Keep on Hulu.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is joining the latest round of programming purges.

Kim Kardashian has a new mystery man in her life.

Brian Szasz is clapping back after Cardi B and a slew of other haters on the internet called him out for attending a Blink-182 concert while his stepdad is currently missing in the ocean!

In-theater advertising firm National CineMedia announced a special shareholders meeting to vote on a reverse stock split — a move that boosts the price of a company’s shares — as it risks being delisted by the Nasdaq market and works through a voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization.

Kim Kardashian is talking business.

Gone are the days of using a microwave merely to heat up a bowl of baked beans or warm up some leftovers from yesterday’s takeaway. For 2023, the humble microwave (or “micro-wav-ay” if you're Nigella Lawson!) meal has been given a new lease of life thanks to food expert and bestselling author Justine Pattison. In her new book PING!, Justine shares 100 fresh and modern recipes that can be whipped up in popular kitchen appliance.

Comedian Matt Rife will be performing at Manchester in 2024 and fans are facing a scramble for tickets to the show.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Reddit, the internet community discussion powerhouse, is cutting 90 jobs, laying off about 5% of its total employee base, as it restructure operations to position itself to break even in 2024. The job cuts were announced by Reddit CEO Steve Huffman in an email to staffers Tuesday. “We’ve had a solid first half of the year, and this restructuring will position us to carry that momentum into the second half and beyond,” Huffman wrote. Along with the layoffs, Reddit is reducing its hiring plans for the rest of 2023 to about 100 additional employees (previously it expected to hire 300). Reddit currently has around 2,000 employees worldwide.

Disney made it official with an SEC filing after the markets closed Friday, saying it would take $1.5 billion in write-downs associated with removing streaming programming from its platforms.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney, after removing dozens of shows and movies from Disney+ and Hulu last week, said it will incur a $1.5 billion impairment charge for the June quarter. In an SEC filing Friday, the company said that on May 26, 2023, it removed “certain produced content” from its direct-to-consumer streaming services. As a result, Disney will record a $1.5 billion impairment charge in its fiscal third quarter financial statements “to adjust the carrying value of these content assets to fair value.” Disney said it’s continuing to review content on streaming platforms and “currently anticipates additional produced content will be removed from its DTC and other platforms, largely during the remainder of its third fiscal quarter.” As a result, Disney currently estimates it may incur further impairment charges of up to about $400 million related to produced content.

unceremoniously removed dozens of titles from Disney+ and Hulu at the end of May, the company on Friday recorded via an SEC filing a “$1.5 billion impairment charge in its fiscal third quarter financial statements to adjust the carrying value of these content assets to fair value.” And that might not be the end of it – according to the same filing the company could incur charges up to $400 million “related to produced content.”To explain: On May 26, Disney removed dozens of titles from direct-to-consumer streaming platforms Disney+ (including movies like “Stargirl” and “Wolfgang” and original series like “Willow” and “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”) and Hulu (shows like “The Hot Zone” and “Y: The Last Man,” movies like “Darby and the Dead” and “The Princess”). It was a baffling movie given how closely connected many of the series nad movies were to already established Disney IP, making them an odd fit to shop to other streamers or linear platforms.

Netflix shareholders declined to support a proposal affirming the pay packages for top executives during a vote at the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday.

This Morning viewers have slammed the show over airing an interview with a man while he's on his compost toilet. Many took to Twitter to react to the guest's interesting choice of location during today's (May 31) episode, with some branding the segment a "new low" for the ITV programme.

unable to reach a deal in contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The strike involves a long list of concerns that the writers want Hollywood studios to address, from the low pay involved in writing streaming series to reining in “mini-rooms” used to skirt contractual pay practices to addressing the use of artificial intelligence.According to BU Today, the initial announcement of Zaslav’s selection received “tepid applause” from students.

took home $39.3 million last year, after receiving a pay package in 2021 that soared to $246 million in 2021 thanks to a hefty $203 million stock options that was tacked on to his pay. Shareholders appear to be unhappy with the pricey package he’s receiving.The debt-laden company said in an SEC filing that just over half of the shareholder votes cast on the question of the 2022 executive compensation plan — commonly known as a “say on pay” vote — were in favor, while 49.2% voted against the proposal.The vote is an advisory one, and is non-binding, but the SEC requires such votes at least once every three years.